Federal agents detain a man leaving immigration court along with Comptroller Brad Lander.
Here’s a recap of the latest following the arrest of city Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander by federal agents inside a Lower Manhattan immigration court building. 🧵
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The front doors and windows of the Federal Detention Center at 7th & Arch in Philadelphia covered in wooden boards with a few dozen police in front, some wearing riot helmets, milling around behind metal and plastic barricades
PHILADELPHIA: The Federal Detention Center at 7th & Arch has been boarded up for several days amidst ongoing popular confrontations against ICE deportation efforts across the USA.
Reminder: the Trump admin put a 22-year-old in charge of the country’s domestic terrorism prevention office.
He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise.
But he did work for the Trump campaign.
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1/ NYC! It’s time to vote. Here’s a rundown of what you need to know before you cast your vote. Ready? 🧵🧵🧵
The mystery of the hundreds of idle Teslas cluttering the parking lot of the Quakerbridge Mall in Princeton share.inquirer.com/9vYsBS
21 cases left for Supreme Court to decide, including Maryland LGBTQ+ book dispute in schools
Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, U.S. immigration officials have deputized a record number of local police to function as deportation agents, according to a new investigation by ProPublica and @azluminaria.org.
A large wildfire is continuing to grow in Burlington County, New Jersey, with 4,200 acres burned and 40% contained.
Dubbed the Mines Spung Wildfire --the fire is in the area of the Coranza Memorial in the Wharton State Forest in Shamong Township. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/w...
If you're hitting the streets today, do a little prep on your phone before you go:
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Due to a shelter-in-place order and ongoing safety concerns following a shooting that targeted two elected officials, the No Kings protest in Northeast Minneapolis has been canceled.
Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the communities impacted by this horrifying violence.
ICE Instills Fear in South Philly's 7th St Corridor
By Martin Sakansong
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What People Should Know About Protests
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Minnesota has exceptional local news. @mprnews.org and @startribune.com know their communities and will steer you right.
"Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed earlier this morning in what appears to be a politically motivated assassination,” Walz said in a press conference.
Flyer with text "Live City Cast Philly Recording: DA Race Results. May 29, 6:30 p.m. 1522 Latimer St., Philadelphia, PA". Headshots of moderator Trenae Nuri and panelists Cherri Gregg, Lauren Mayk, Ellie Rushing, and Pat Loeb. Logos for City Cast Philly, Hey Philly, and The Pen & Pencil Club are at the bottom.
Larry Krasner won the primary election for district attorney. What's next? Join City Cast Philly for a live recording of our primary post-mortem episode. Meet the team and hear from a panel of local journalists discussing what the outcome means for Philly. www.penandpencil.org/content.aspx...
Sunday marks the five-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis. A group of @startribune.com reporters, photo and video journalists collected the stories and memories of protesters, police, Gov. Tim Walz, business owners and more for an oral history of the immediate 6 days after.
NEW: As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable.
But there were no evacuation orders, and few grasped what was coming.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and @cgaribay.bsky.social
Pope Leo met with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on May 19. The meeting was the first official sit down encounter between the first ever American-born pope who has sharply criticized Vance's views on migration.
Eliminating funds would lead to more than 143,000 additional people in the U.S. becoming infected with virus within 5 years, according to group
Four journalists blocked from entering Brooklyn College campus during a pro-Palestinian student demonstration on May 8 plan to sue, arguing the college violated their First Amendment right to freedom of the press.
Here is what we confirmed: After Musk’s rise to power in the U.S. government, the State Department has repeatedly coaxed, lobbied and browbeat this tiny West African country into giving business to Musk’s satellite company Starlink.
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Have you ever wanted to perform some of those aerial circus tricks? Luckily, there are a few places in Philly that can show you how. philly.citycast.fm/best/circus-...
Please help Nicholas get a new kidney! He's on dialysis and has been dealing with more and more fatigue. He wants to be there for his family and hopes to have the same energy he used to have when he coached his daughter's teams. www.nkr.org/VPA982/Card
"But what is clear is that bringing American manufacturing roaring back will likely require more than just slapping up tariffs or investing lots of money to build new factories."
The May 12 edition of @thelatinonewsletter.org
Why Puerto Rican Activists Are Fighting a $2 Billion Resort
Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics, TikTok clout loop, Kai Cenat's next chapter, the "safest white boy", Minecraft marriages, group chat trauma, a MAHA-friendly food app, Altman's kitchen fails, & Silicon Valley's existential crisis- all in today's newsletter!
BREAKING: The Episcopal Church has announced it will end its decades-old partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by the Trump admin. religionnews.com/2025/05/12/e...
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
Wikipedia may seem like an unlikely site of resistance, but in an era of escalating censorship, disinformation, & erosion of public trust, Wikipedia is a model for collective governance led by next generation of cultural workers, @alexmar.bsky.social reports: prismreports.org/2025/05/12/w...
